#AE7C23#AE7C23

#AE7C23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7C23
RGB	rgb(174, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 11.51, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 53.99, 77.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.0266 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.118 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9684, 23.5374, 4.8179)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7C23 #2355AE

analogous

#AE3623 #AE7C23 #9AAE23

triadic

#AE7C23 #23AE7C #7C23AE

tetradic

#AE7C23 #23AE36 #2355AE #AE239A

square

#AE7C23 #23AE36 #2355AE #AE239A

split-complementary

#AE7C23 #239AAE #3623AE

monochromatic

#48330F #7B5819 #AE7C23 #D79D37 #E1B66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#AE7C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#AE7C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7C23

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7C23	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba165',
    500: '#ae7c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7c23;
$custom-light: #cba165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62165,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7C23

secondary

#6689C7

accent

#7CE93E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7C23

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →